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Pig Butchering at Heart of Bank Failure — CEO Gets 24 Years in Jail
Richi Jennings | | #PigButchering, Crypto, crypto cons, crypto crime, crypto currency, cryptocurrency, Heartland Tri-State Bank, online romance scam, pig butchering, Pig Butchering Scams, romance, romance fraud, romance scam, romance scammers, romance scams, SB Blogwatch, Shan Hanes
Oink, oink, FAIL—you’re in jail: Kansas bank chief exec Shan Hanes stole money from investors, a church and others to buy cryptocurrency to feed a scam ...
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Netcraft Uses Its AI Platform to Trick and Track Online Scammers
At the RSA Conference last month, Netcraft introduced a generative AI-powered platform designed to interact with cybercriminals to gain insights into the operations of the conversational scams they’re running and disrupt their ...
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‘Microsoft’ Scammers Steal the Most, the FTC Says
Richi Jennings | | #CryptoScam, #InvestmentScam, Amazon Phishing Scams, AppleCare Warranty Scam, bank scam, bitcoin ATM scam, bitcoin scam, bitcoin transfer scams, Federal Trade Commission, Federal Trade Commission (FTC), FTC, FTC Warning, gift card, gift card fraud, Gift Card Gang, gift card scams, gift cards, GiftCardScams, pig butchering, Pig Butchering Scams, SB Blogwatch, social media intelligence, U.S. Federal Trade Commission, USFTC
Scammers impersonating Microsoft, Publishers Clearing House, Amazon and Apple are at the top of the FTC’s “who’s who” list. Based on consumer reports and complaints to the agency, hundreds of millions of ...
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Valentine’s Day Scams Woo the Lonely-Hearted
A quarter of Valentine’s Day-themed spam emails intercepted by Bitdefender's filters were identified as scams aimed at defrauding recipients ...
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China continues Pig-Butchering Crack-down
One of my techniques for keeping current on Cybercrime trends is having an "interesting" collection of international news ticklers. This story came to me via X:CyberScamMonitor via a QQ account called "onCambodia." ...
How to Combat ‘Pig Butchering’ Scams with Decision Intelligence
Noam Zitzman | | crypto crime, decision intelligence, Fraud, human trafficking, law enforcement, machine learning, online romance scam, pig butchering, third-party scam
Ever since people started exchanging goods and services, there has been a risk of one party scamming the other. And there has always been a risk of a third party scamming both ...
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Fraud schemes explained: Proxy Phantom, Pig Butchering, and Crypto Cashout
Sift Trust and Safety Team | | account takeovers, crypto cashout, Data & Insights, Fraud, fraud rings, fraud schemes, pig butchering, proxy phantom
Discover the latest fraud schemes and learn best practices to protect your business and customers from evolving threats. The post Fraud schemes explained: Proxy Phantom, Pig Butchering, and Crypto Cashout appeared first ...
Top takeaways from TrustCon 2023
Discover insights from TrustCon 2023, including generative AI's role in fraud prevention and content moderation. The post Top takeaways from TrustCon 2023 appeared first on Sift Blog ...
Cybercriminals Cause Heartbreak on Valentine’s Day
Nathan Eddy | | cybercriminals, Phishing, pig butchering, Pig Butchering Scams, Spam, valentine's day
Many people look for love or companionship online, and Valentine’s Day presents the perfect opportunity for digital crooks to take advantage of vulnerable lonely hearts. A report from Bitdefender found Valentine’s Day-themed ...
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Personal Cybersecurity Concerns for 2023
Social-Engineer | | bec, business email compromise, cybercrime, Cybersecurity Concerns for 2023, General Social Engineer Blog, Impersonation scams, Infosec, pig butchering, social engineering
Not too long ago, many of us thought that cybersecurity was something for corporations to worry about. Perhaps we thought, […] ...